74 Quotes by Bruce Cockburn

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    We had close to 30 pieces to choose from and it was more a desire to make an album that made a cohesive whole, ... Most of the time when we put on records it's because we want that mood whatever it is. So, if you have an album that is widely varied in mood it might get played less than one that fits somebody's particular mood... at least that's how my choices usually work.

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    One day you’re waiting for the sky to fall, The next you’re dazzled by the beauty of it all.

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    In between effect and cause and just beyond the range of normal sight, this glittering joker was dancing in the dragon’s jaws.

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    I wear my shadows where they’re harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I’m traveling toward light.

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    Love the Lord and in him love me too. And in him, go your own way and I’ll be right here with you.

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    I’m not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don’t go looking for those things.

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    I’d always loved poetry and I’d always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn’t thought of putting the two together until around that time.

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